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E. J. BRANDT. COIN DELIVERY APPARATUS.

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E. J. BRANDT. COIN DELIVERY APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. BRANDT, OF WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN.

COIN-DELIVERY APPARATUS.

PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,328, dated July 9,1395.

Application filed July 14, 1894. Serial No. 517,518. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, EDWARD J. BRANDT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson, and in consistingin a simple, economical, and posi- Lively-operating apparatus embodyingcertain peculiarities of construction and combination of partshereinafter specifically set forth with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, and subsequently claimed. I In the drawings, Figure 1represents a plan view of an apparatus constructed according to myinvention and partly broken away; Fig. 2, a horizontal-section of theapparatus, parts of the same being broken away and other parts removed;Figs. 3, 4, and 5, vertical transverse sections, respectively, taken onlines 3 3, 4. 4, and 5 5 of the preceding figure; Fig. 6, a horizontalsection on line 66 of the fourth figure, and Fig. 7 a perspective viewof a portion of a coin-tube inverted.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents acasing made from anysuitable material, preferably metal, and divided by a ver- In practicethat portion of the casing in rear of the partition B rests on acounter, shelf, or-

other suitable support 0, and may be provided with ears I) havingopenings therein for screws 0 that serve to hold said casing rigid onthe'support. The remainder of the casing overhangs the support and hasits bottom in the form of a chute D, as is clearly illustrated in Figs.3 and 4c.

The top E of the'forward compartment of of each tube is cut away forabout one-half of its circumference, and the remainder of said end ofthe tube is provided with a Vertica'l notch f, flanked on opposite sidesby inturned flanges g, this detail in the matter of said tube beingclearly illustrated'in Fig. 7. The majority of the tubes are 'of thesame length and seat upon a plate F in the casing, this plate beingprovided with an opening it of suitable area adjacent to each of as manyof said tubes as are herein shown under a cover G, hinged to the top ofthe casing, but which may be omitted without any departure from myinvention.

Communicating with each opening it in the plate is a slot 2', thatserves as a guidefor a lug j, depending from a slide is, one end of theslide being registered with the adjacent tube-notch and of suchproportions as to reciprocate in, the same. The slides Ir; herein shownare longitudinally slotted and work freely on guide-screws m set in theplate F above specified, this construction and arrangement of partsbeing clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and at. The remainder of the tubesextend through the plate F and rest upon-a bracket H, extending in fromthe front wall of the casing, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, one

of the latter tubes being under the hinged cover G of the casing. It isalso to be observed that one of the longer tubes passes through adeflector I, thatinclines toward the chute above specified. 1 w

Each tube corresponds in diameter to that of a coin of certaindenomination in any currency for which the. apparatus may be schemed,and all of the tubes under the cover G are the ones from which coins aredelivered to the operator by means hereinafter specitied, the remainingtubes being for the reception of reserve coin and kept in readiness assubstitutes for the former tubes that become emptied of coin from timeto time.

WhileI have made provision for extratubes to be kept filled with coins,this provision is not absolutely necessary, as no appreciable time isrequired to fill any of the tubes with coin of the proper denomination.

The longer tube herein shown under the hinged cover G communicates withan opening n in the bracket H, and coin-in this tube is discharged intothe chute through said opening by one or more slides .in the form ofopen plates J, each of which has a nose 19, that registers with andreciprocates freely in the tube-notch. It being desirable to discharge avariable number of coins from the long tube communicating with theopening in bracket H, I provide a series of the slides J, arranged oneabove the other, all but the upper one in the series being provided atits inner end with a vertical lug q, abutted by the succeeding slide insuccessive order in adirection from said bracket, as is clearly shown inFigs. 4 and 6. As a matter of preference, I arrange antifriction-rollersr to impinge against the longitudinal edges of said slides, theserollers being shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

Each of the slides J is provided with a pushrod K, that works in a blockL set in the easing, and a spiral spring .9 is arranged on each push-rodbetween a shouldered portion thereof and the inner end of acorresponding recess in said block, the latter being in one piece withthe casing, or otherwise, as may be found preferable in practice. a

From the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of the slides J it will bereadily understood that the inward movement of the lower one willoperate to dislodge a single coin from the adjacent tube, but if any oneof the succeeding slides be operated there is a movement of itself andall below it to thereby dislodge a corresponding number of coins fromsaid tube, the vertical notch and out-away lower portion of the latterbeing sealed in proportion to the number of slide-noses and the numberof coins it may be desirable to deliver at a single operation.

I find it convenientto provide the outer ends of the push-rods K withbuttons, and these buttons may be indexed to show the number of piecesof coin that will be delivered incidental to pressure of any one of theseries.

The noses p of the slides J are preferably beveled in order tocompensate for uneven thickness of opposing coins due to abrasion andthereby prevent more than a predetermined number being delivered to thechute.

In practice the operator holds his left hand at the mouth of the chuteand operates the push-rods K with the thumb of that hand, and as I haveshown four such rods it will be apparent that coins to the number of oneto four, inclusive, may be delivered by pressing in a single push-rod,the spiral spring 3 operating to automatically return any and all thepushbars and relative slides to normal position. The former slides 7care preferably operated by means of forked levers N, fast on rockingcrank-rods P, that have their hearing in the partition B and rear wallof the casing, the forked ends of said levers operating as knockersagainst the lugs j, depending from said slides, whereby the latter aresuddenly impinged against coin in their path to more readily dislodgethe same than would'be possible by direct leverage.

In the rear compartment of the casing, between suitable guides t, (seeFig.3.) 1 arrange a series of loose transverse bars Q, made from anysuitable material, these bars being laid 'edgewise side by side insuccessive order and provided with feet 16, that rest upon predeterminedcrank-rods P, above specified. Each of the bars Q has one boot or aplurality of feet u, and a downward movement of any bar willconsequently cause one or more of the crank-rods to rock, therebyactuating a corresponding number of the levers N to 0perate a likenumber of the slides k, each of the latter pushing the bottom coin inthe adjacent tube clear of the supporting-flanges 9 above specified.Each coin dislodged from a tube by means of a slide drops through theadjacent opening h in the plate F and comes to the hand of the operatorat the mouth of the chute that forms the bottom of the forwardcompartment of the casing.

In each of the tubes thatfeed to the chute I prefer to surmount the coinwith a disk 1), of any suitable material, this disk being of greaterthickness than the depth of the cutaway lower portion of said tube andacting as a stop to prevent movement of the adjacent slide, therebysignaling to the operator that the aforesaid tube is empty, or nearlyso, if in case of the longer tube above specified there should remainfewer coins than would correspond with any number of the multiple slidesmore than one.

Each bar Q is operated by a spring-controlled push-rod R, herein shownas working loose in the top of the casing, and a plate S, supportedtherein, it being preferable to provide the bar with a fin to fonbolt orrivet connection with said push-rod. The spiral springs m on thepush-rods R operate to automatically return the latter to normalposition, the movement being limited by stop-collars on said rodsabutting the casingtop, and the crank-rods I? are automatically returnedto normal position by means of weighted arms 'I, secured thereto, thelevers N operating on their reverse throw to return the slides k totheir original position. The weighted arms T may be sufficiently heavyto insure a return of the push-rods R in case the springs as are omittedor in case any of said springs become broken, and as various means maybe devised to accomplish the automatic reverse movement of saidpush-rods and crank-rods I do not limit myself to the showing hereinmade.

Each of the push-rods R is surmounted by a button indexed to show thevalue of a coin or coins that may be delivered to the operator when saidrod is actuated, said operator employing the hand not engaged at themouth of the chute. The buttons may also be indexed to show thedifierence between the coin or coins possible to deliver and anarbitrarilyselected value, the latter indexes being less prominent thanthe others, as shown in Fig. 1.

The apparatus herein shown is schemed to deliver to the operator anyamount of coin in various denominations from one cent to four dollarsand ninety-nine cents, inclusive, of United States money.

Of those tubes that are shown beneath the IIO hingedcover G the longerone is areceptacle for silver dollars, and it has been explained howone, two, three, or four of these coins can be discharged into thedelivery-chute by the operation of a single one of the push-rods K, andthe other tubes under said hinged cover are receptacles for currentcoins of smaller denominations than one dollar. Of the latter tubes Iemploy one for half-dollars, one for quarter-dollars, two for dimes, onefor nickels, and four for cents, whereby I provide for the 1 delivery ofcoin from the value of one cent to ninety-nine cents, inclusive.

From. the foregoing it will be understood that if, for instance,push-rod R, indexed for ot' a dollar, one dime, and two cents will bedelivered at the same time. The slides for the discharge of said centsbeing actuated by two levers N on the same crank-rod, it only .requiresthat the barQ connected to said pushrod have three feet 'in order thatthe four.

coins above enumerated may be discharged from as many tubes at the sameinstant.

The dollar push-rod being operated by the thumb of one hand, and thefraction-of-a-dollar push-rod by a finger of the other hand, any desiredamount in dollars and fractions of one dollar, within the arbitrarylimits above specified, may be delivered at the same instant.

As a matter of convenience, the push-rods R are arranged in rows of teneach, except that the first row is one less than ten, and thus thebutton indexing any possible amount from one to ninety-nine cents,inclusive, can be readily found by an unpracticed operator, saidpreferable arrangement of the buttons being illustrated in Fig. 1.

first push-rod in the series joined to the bars Q will operate themechanism necessary to actuate the slide is relative to one of the cent:tubes, the second of these push-rods operates mechanism controlling theslides relative to twoof the cent-tubes, the third push-rod operatesmechanism controlling slides relative to three of the cent-tubes, andthe fourth pushrod operates the mechanism controlling theslides relativeto all four of said cent-tubes.

' The operation of the fifth push-rod will result in the delivery ofonenickel and one cent, the tenth push-rodone dime, the fourteenthpushrod one dime and .four cents, and soon through the series, the feeton the bars Q being in position so as to operate various crankrods anddeliver a coin of one denomination or coins of various denominationsgoing tomake upa total amount. For another exameight coins, aggregatingninety-nine cents.

1 Every possible combination in the arbitrarily-selected limits isprovided for and the delivery of any desired amount of money withinthese limits may be instantly efieoted. It never being necessary tooperate more than two push-rods, one for the delivery of one or moredollars, and the other for the delivery of a fractional part of adollar, both may be operated at the same time, as previously explained.The employment of the apparatus herein set forth not only saves time,but prevents error in the paying out of coin money to any amount withinpredetermined limits.

As a guard against possibility of two coins being pushed out of any oneof the shorter tubes, I provide each of the latter with a spring-stop 2adjacent to its cut-away portion and opposed to the exposed coin.spring-stop also operates to push down said lowest coin when the latteris dislodged from the inturned supporting-flanges of its relative tube.

While I haveshown theslides operating .as means for ejecting coins fromcertain of the tubes, it is possible to employ other means for obtainingthe same result, and the mechanism herein shown for operating the slidesmay be considerably varied without departure from my invention.

Having thus described my invention,.what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

This

1. A coinv delivery apparatus embodying a T series of coin receptacleseach in the form of a tube partially cut awayat one end and having theremainder of this end providedwith a longitudinal notch and inturnedflanges flanking the notch, a series of coin-ejectors in register withthe tube-notches, and suitable means for efiecting the reciprocation ofsingle ejectors orcombinations of ejectors by a single mechanicalimpulse.

2. A coin delivery apparatusembodying a coin receptacle in the form of atube partially cut away at one end for a depth equal to the thickness ofa plurality of a certain denomination of coin and the remainder of thisend provided with a longitudinal notch and inturned flanges flanking thesame, a seriesof slides one upon the other and provided with noses inregister with the tube-notch; and. suitable means for effecting anindependent reciprocation of the first slide as well as asimultaneousl'eciprocation of this first slide and one or more oftheothers in the same series by a single mechanical impulse.

3. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a series of coin receptacles eachin the form of a tube partially cut away at one end and the remainder ofthis end provided with a longitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges,the cut away portion of the majority of the tubes being of suflicientdepth to clear single coins of various denominations, and the cut awayportion of the remainder of the tubes being of a depth equal to aplurality of the coins contained therein, a series of coin-ejectors inregister with the slots in the majority of said tubes, suitable meansfor elfecting a reciprocation of single ejectors or combinations ofejectors by a single mechanical impulse, a series of slides one uponanother and provided with noses in register with the notch in anyremaining tube, and other suitable means for elfecting an independentreciprocation of the first of these slides as well as a simultaneousreciprocation of this first slide and one or more of the others in theseries by a single mechanical impulse.

4. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a series of coin receptacles eachin the form of a tube partially cut away at one end and the remainder ofthis end provided with a longitudinal notch and inturned flangesflanking the same, a yielding stop guarding the cutaway portion of thetube, a coin-ejector in register with the tube notch, and suitable meansfor reciprocating the ejector.

5. A coin delivery apparatusembodying'a series of coin receptacleseachin the form of a tube partially cut away at one end and the remainder ofthis end provided with a longitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges,coin-ejectors in register with the tube-notches, crank-rods providedwith levers controlling the ejectors, loose bars having feet opposingthe crank-rods, and suitable means for actuating each bar, there beingone or more feet on any bar proportionate to the number of crank-rods itis desirable to operate by a single impulse.

6. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a series of coin receptacles eachin the form of a tube partially cut away at one end and the remainder ofthis end provided with a longitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges,coin-ejectors in register with the tube-notches, crank-rods providedwith levers controlling the ejectors, weighted arms on the crank-rodsloose bars having feet opposing the crankrods, and suitable means foractuating each bar, thenumber of feet on any bar being proportionate tothe number of crank-rods it is desirable to operate by a single impulse.

7. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a series of coin receptacles eachin the form of a tube partially cut away at one end and the remainder ofthis end provided with a longitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges,coin-ejectors in register with the tube-notches, crank-rods providedwith levers controlling the ejectors, loose bars having feet opposingthe crank-rods, and a spring-controlled pushon any bar beingproportionate to the number of crank-rods it is desirable to operate bymeans of a single push-rod.

8. A coin delivery-apparatus embodying a series of coin receptacles eachin the form of a tube partially cut away at one end and having theremainder of this end provided with a longitudinal notch and inturnedflanges flanking the notch, a series of coin-ejectors in register withthe notches, means for effecting a reciprocation of single ejectors orcombination of ejectors by a single mechanical impulse, and disks ofgreater thickness than the depth of the cut away portions of the tubesarranged in the latter to follow the coin and operate as stops againstmovement of the ejectors when any of said tubes are emptied.

9. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a coin receptacle in the form ofa tube cutaway at one end to a depth sufficientto cleara number of coinscontained therein and having the remainder of this end provided with alongitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges, a series of slides oneupon another and provided with noses in register with the tube-notch, alug projecting upward from each of a majority of the slidesin the pathof the succeeding slide, and a springcontrolled push-rod extendedoutward from each slide.

10. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a coin receptacle in the form ofa tube cutaway at one end toadepth sufficient to cleara number of coinscontained therein and having the remainder of this end provided with alongitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges, a series of slides oneupon another and provided with noses in register with the tube-notch,anti-friction rollers opposing edges of the slides, and suitable meansfor effecting an independent reciprocation ot the first of the latterslides as well as a simultaneous reciprocation of this first slide andone or more in the series by a single mechanical impulse.

11. A coin delivery apparatus embodying a casing divided. into front andrear compartments, the front compartment being of greater depth than therear and having a chute-like bottom an apertured plate in the frontcompartment, coin tubes supported on the plate adjacent to the aperturestherein and held against rotation, each tube having a portion of itslower end cut away and the remainder of this end provided withalongitudinal notch flanked by inturned flanges, slides on said plate inregister with the notches, crank-rods provided with levers controllingthe slides, bars provided with feet opposing the crankrods, indexedpush-rods connected to the bars and extended through the top of thecasing,

an apertured bracket in the front compartment .of said casing, anothercoin tube supported on the bracket adjacent to the aperture therein, thelower end of the latter tube being similar to those aforesaid, buthaving the depth of its cut away portion equal to the rod connected toeach bar, the number of feet 1 thickness of a plurality of coins ofcertain denomination, slides one upon another on the have hereunto setmy hand,at Watertown, in bracket in register with the notch in thelatthe county of Jefferson and State of WViscon- 1o ter tube, push-ro lsextended through the cassin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ing from each of the latter slides, and suitable 5 means forimpartingthe motion of anyof these EDWARD J. BRANDT.

latter slides above the lower one to all of its Witnesses: predecessors.F. W. GAMM,

In'testimony that I claim the foregoing I JOHN G. CONWAY.

